This must be a joke! Ugh.

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I am a new grad and started on the floor this past week. So far so good. I am on days for the first few weeks of training and will be starting on nights in March. I know nights will be tough, but live on a quiet cul de sac and have been here 6 months and it was very quiet. I was woken up this morning at 8am to loud construction noise and went outside to have a look. They are clearing a huge area that used to be the cul de sac and there is like a HUGE crew. I called my landlord who informed me that they are going to be building on to the development and adding more homes and townhomes. UGH! I am in this lease until September! I am now very concerned for being able to sleep days!!!!!!

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Oh no! Maybe you can break the lease? Think about it. If you talk face to face and calmly and say that you are a nurse and worry that you might actually kill someone due to sleep deprivation if you stay, and that you are really sad, because you LOVED your place, but, it's not gonna work out. Be sure you say that you are not blaming him/her. Fly it up a flagpole and see if it flies - wear your scrubs and scope around your neck when you meet... full regalia... lab coat, ID badges, fake blood on your lapel.

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The fake blood actually made me laugh out loud. It cost so much to move here I am not sure we can even afford to move. I asked the landlord how long this is going to go on and he said he has no idea. He said it should get quieter as they build away from our home (they are starting like 2 doors down, we are second to last on the street as it currently is). But all the big trucks coming and going are loud. It is like a bad joke. These things only happen to me.

I am going to talk to my finace about it tonight. I am wondering if the landlord will let us move to the other end of the street, he owns all of these homes and there is one emtpy. It is smaller, and hopefully we could move most stuff ourself. I am just not sure how much quieter that would be.

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

If you can't move, invest in a white noise machine. It was my only saving grace when I did noc shift.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

don't forget earplugs

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i travel a lot for work and i never go without my earplugs and eye shade, because you can never tell what kind of room you're gonna get.

you can get really good foam ones at the drugstore-- you compress them down til they're skinny and stick them in the ear canal, and they expand to make a seal. there's no pressure and you can't even feel them in there, they don't fall out until you take them out, and then they come out easily. i can hear my alarm through them so i do get up on time!

and if they can make me sleep through a new orleans mardi gras right outside my window and the ice machine next to my room, they can help you sleep through construction. the white noise machine (or a fan, which doesn't even have to blow on you to make a nice white noise) will help too.:cheers:

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Get used to this working on nights. It is a day shift world. why are you sleeping all day anyway? (JUST KIDDING LOL)

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Invest in some gas and a few matches?

Most the time after work I am so tired nothing can keep me up.

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It's amazing what a person can get used to. After a week or so adjusting to your new schedule you might find that you don't notice the construction sounds. And when the construction stops you might not be able to sleep because it's TOO QUIET. Keep your bedroom as dark as possible. Good luck and sweet dreams!

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

a fan on full blast creates enough white noise that i slept through my boyfriend moving into my house. (don't ask -- a long story.) i didn't hear a thing when he moved back out, either.

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Specializes in ped/adult medsurg, specialty infusion.

About 7 years ago when I moved into my new house it was in a development where they were building multiple homes. I worked 12 hour shift midnights and so I would come home and sleep during the day.

What worked for me was using those soft earplugs, mine were purple and like foam.. And then running a white noise app. on my cell phone that would play like "gentle breeze", "running water", "fan", or whatever you find soothing!! It worked for me! Good luck!

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